Bugbane (Actaea simplex)
Description
“Pet poisonous” – Toxic parts: berries, roots Actaea simplex, the baneberry or bugbane, is a flowering plant in the buttercup family Ranunculaceae. A clump forming rhizomatous herbaceous perennial, its native range includes the Kamchatka, Sakhalin and Siberian regions of Russia, western China, Manchuria, Mongolia, Korea and Japan. Growing to 1.2 metres (3.9 ft) tall by 0.8 metres (2.6 ft) wide, it has trifoliate and pinnate basal leaves. In late autumn it produces erect or arching stems with short terminal racemes of fragrant white blooms.
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Class: Magnoliopsida
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Order: Ranunculales
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Family: Ranunculaceae
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Genus: Actaea
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